Rose Bruford College
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In 1950, Rose Bruford – a trained actress and verse and speech teacher who taught at the Royal Academy of Music – founded a unique drama school that unified theatre practice and drama education into one curriculum. She aimed to train actors who could teach and teachers who could act. Her college, dedicated at first to the training of drama teachers, officially opened on July 6, 1951 as The Rose Bruford Training College for Speech and Drama. The acting work then, as now, was based on the theories and principles of Konstantin Stanislavski.
Rose was part of a pioneering British post-war movement that saw theatre training as more than an elite, privileged activity. Her school, and its famous Theatre Arts programme, produced practitioners with an informed view of their responsibilities as communicators and educators. Graduates were teachers and theatre workers who were fluent in the theory and practice of theatre making. In 1976, the College created and began offering the first UK Honours Degree in professional acting and theatre practice.
Rose Bruford was interested in the community of theatre and the role of the theatre in the life of the community. She and every Principal to succeed her have led an institution that has produced graduates who have made significant contributions to the development of theatre production and practice and theatre education worldwide. Today, the international scope of the College is significant.
While much has changed at the College since its founding, especially with the addition of more BA and MA programmes and professional programmes in performance and technical arts, Rose Bruford’s pioneering philosophy and vision are still at the heart of its mission. Students from different walks of life study at our campus in Sidcup or by distance learning in other parts of the world. At undergraduate level, our programmes provide specialist pathways into the creative industries alongside opportunities to study particular styles and genres of theatre practice. Our postgraduate students are developing and extending their knowledge into advanced areas of theatre, theory and performance, and the postgraduate programmes we offer provide platforms for research and innovative theatre making.
Connected mandy members:
Ellen Constable
Actor
Cici Clarke
Actor
Melissa Uyttenhove
Actor
Grace Velvick
Dresser
Molly Tackaberry
Stage Manager
Imogen Brown
Stage Manager
Rosa Higgs
Actor
Charlie Esquér
Actor
Rosa Higgs
Actor
Patrick McCool
Lighting Designer
Lise Cosme
Actor
Hannah Redfern
Actor
Laura Plumley
Actor
Jack Druett
Gaffer / Lighting Director
May Wells
Assistant Stage Manager
Hazel Young
Actor, Talent
Shannon Ward
Actor
Max Potter
Actor
Joshua Radford
Lighting Programmer
Patrick McCool
Lighting Designer
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